Kirkwood
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Kirkwood
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Lat: 68.8°N, Long: 156.1°W, Diam: 67 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Eratosthenian |
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Maps
(LAC zone 8D2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Central peak composition: A (Tompkins & Pieters, 1999)
- TSI = 30, CPI = 15, FI = 20; MI =65 Smith and Hartnell, 1973 (CAW update)
Nomenclature
Daniel Kirkwood (September 27, 1814 - June 11, 1895) was an American astronomer. His most significant contribution was his study in the orbits of the asteroids. In 1866 he published the discovery of gaps in the distances of asteroids from the sun, named Kirkwood gaps in his honor. He also was the first to suggest that meteor showers are debris from comets.
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Bibliography
Daniel Kirkwood and his gaps in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)
- Page 549 in Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
- Nongravitational Forces and Resonances in the Solar System (William H. Jefferys, Astronomical Journal, 1967).
